"1861 - 1865" . . "Gettysburg (Pa.)" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical." . . "HISTORY United States Civil War Period (1850-1877)" . . . . "Meade Victor of Gettysburg"@en . . . "Meade victor of Gettysburg"@en . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Most students of the American Civil War know the name George Gordon Meade, but few can tell you about the man. With this addition to PotomacÆs Military Profiles series, historian Richard Sauers examines the life of one of the Union ArmyÆs most notable generals. Rising from the Union officer corps to lead the previously ill-fated Army of the Potomac, Meade took command only hours before his forces stumbled upon Robert E. LeeÆs Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. He led his men to victory in one of the most famous battles in history, but Meade was soon embroiled in political battl"@en . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . . . . . . . . "History" . . . "History"@en . . . . . . . . "Meade : victor of Gettysburg" . . . . . . "United States" . .